"Martin Koniczek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> in contrast to the faq (http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/faq.html): >>> >> [...] >> >> The FAQ is very imprecise here with its use of the term "funny >> characters". [...] > > this faq additionally misled me - perhaps just kill the # from the > "funny characters" listing?
I agree that the phrasing of that FAQ entry is misleading. But IMHO it *should* address the "#" character as well. For example, one might wonder how to retrieve a file named "foo#bar" from a remote server, and replacing "#" with "%23" is the simplest solution I'm aware of. > or adding a small note on how wget builds its http request from > given URLs in the manpage? Is that really necessary? Interpreting "#" (and other characters special to URLs) is a normal part of using URLs, not at all specific to Wget; after all, all browsers do it. For what it's worth, Wget's documentation (but not the man page) refers the user to "RFC1738", which does mention fragment identifiers, but does not explain the consequences of their use in web client software.
